Life110 lowering springs

[ThisInJapanese]

Has anybody got any experience of the Life110 lowering springs?

I was at Spires today and Mr Spires said although it's counterintuitive, they smooth out some of the chatter (secondary ride?) but make the larger impacts more noticeable.

I'm keen to hear if anyone has experience of them on a standard car

[worldwidewebs]

Yes. They were a great improvement over standard in my opinion. I didn't think the ride suffered at all but the body roll was much more controlled. Having moved over to the AST coilovers I have a set for sale if you're interested

[kitcat7]

I am surprised that anyone who uses the car on 'ordinary' give and take roads would want to go any lower. I recently bottomed out on a narrow lane, with a small centre hump. OK going quite fast, as the visibility was good, however I would certainly not go lower.

Paul.

[Andy665]

Improved ride on my A110S significantly but now upgraded to ASTs that has transformed the car

[jont-]

kitcat7 said:

I am surprised that anyone who uses the car on 'ordinary' give and take roads would want to go any lower. I recently bottomed out on a narrow lane, with a small centre hump. OK going quite fast, as the visibility was good, however I would certainly not go lower.

Paul.

I was concerned about this going to the ASTs, but equally didn't want to muck up David's engineering too much by insisting on the OE ride height. At least partly the higher spring rates will reduce the amount of movement under bump. Doesn't help with ground clearance if the car isn't moving around on its springs though (eg speed hump clearance).

[k_m]

You can reduce the amount of lowering by putting some aluminium spacer rings between the damper and the springs. If you install one at each end you end up by just -12 mm instead of -18 mm, for example. Ring inner diameter 68, outer 98 mm, thickness 3 mm max. Looks like that:

Edited by k_m on Monday 30th September 16:22